As from this episode the show will now be broadcast weekly.

Topics covered and relevant links as follows;

News

3rd tier connections can no longer be saved to LinkedIn contacts.

The Blazek Scandal. Link to the CNN article as well as an article I wrote for The Drum.com about this story.

Feature

Status Updating Effectively. Links to Feedly, Pulse and Buffer

Questions

How do I connect with someone I don't know?

How do you connect with a 3rd tier connection?

LinkedInformed e-book (free download)

Please send me your comments and questions to mark@linkedinformed.com

This week I chatted with Sam about network building strategies

News

• Member Blocking - Help center link
• The new 'Who's viewed your profile' - watch my short video here
• LinkedInformed book - Download for FREE here

Network Building

Links:

• Sam's profile
• Sam on Twitter
• Sam's new book GIVE
• Samrathling.com

As always I would really appreciate your feedback and questions, just drop me an email to mark@linkedinformed.com

I'm really excited about 2014 and look forward to producing many more episodes, in this first one of the new year I cover the following topics (black font indicates a link) ;

• LinkedIn sues spammers
• Activity feed is disabled (LinkedIn's official announcement)
• Could group messaging be the next to go?
• LinkedIn Tip - How to prevent your competitors from appearing on your profile
• Clearing your browsers cache & cookies. Instructions on all the 4 main browsers for windows and Mac can be found here.
• Preview of next episode. What is your connection strategy? Let us know your thoughts and experiences before the next episode when this subject will be discussed in depth.